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Long, thin, narrow strip to plant up...

On 28/01/2013 in forum

(wider) in sections allowing diff levels of planting . I'd definitely be eating into that lawn.  thanks...perhaps will do....does anyone know where I can get plant suggestion/lists...mr google not helping much ...the options are just endless


Is it worth having a garden professionally designed?

On 22/03/2013 in forum

design and work at it over the seasons.  Over ten years my garden has eveolved as it has grown with me and family needs...from more veg and lawn with small pond to more pond/water feature, terracing for sitting out, extended lawn and now as much vertical


Offers

On 29/03/2013 in forum

some of the lawn and enlarge the borders. I've bought some good bare roots from Hayloft but there will be plenty of spaces to fill.     Gardening grandma, that's what I did too...still do at times.My garden is pretty full now and I guess Im just looking


Very large garden - where to start

On 24/04/2013 in forum

My husband and I have moved to a house with a very large garden. We've spent a couple of years sorting the house out, now we need to sort out the very overgrown garden. It's big, next to the sea, and mostly steeply sloping. At the back there is lawn


Idea's and suggestios for my front garden please

On 12/05/2013 in forum

Hi everyone We are going to be doing some work on our front garden. My husband and I are not experienced gardeners,  and would love some advice/suggestions.  My husband wants to dig up the lawn, add more topsoil, then re-turf it, as the garden has


Make do and mend

On 15/05/2013 in forum

came from the topsoil which was free from a site. The gravel is from some excess that was dumped in an entrance to a field. Many of the plants are reduced to clear or grown from seed. The kerbing was recycled when the 2 bits of lawn were joined up


Talkback: Gardening disputes between neighbours

On 29/04/2012 in forum

its b****y leaves all over my lawn. Council can't do anything because it's not a hedge. Neighbours are happy to see it go but I have to pay for it. No compromise. We used to get on really well but I just can't get on with them now. So inconsidereate


What Type of Garden is Yours.

On 20/03/2013 in forum

mixture of perennials and annuals plus a huge magnolia tree, which was supposed to be no more than 1 1/2 meters and is now at least 6 meters tall and a red hazelnut. Some lawn in the middle, a hedge against the road and a pergola against the house with fox


The average gardener

On 02/04/2013 in forum

  That is not entirely true. In theory anyone who does anything in a garden is a gardener. Someone who is not a gardener never does anything in a garden. An average includes those at each end of the scale, so it could be anything from the Sunday lawn mower to someone


Talkback: Insects on compost heaps

On 28/11/2011 in forum

the whole thing and start again. Alternatively you could start a worm composting system for a few weeks until the hungry rat has moved on. Good luck. In a one person household, small garden, no lawn, I have partially solved the problem of the quantity


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